PRODUCTION OF URANIUM
Abstract
The production of uranium metal by the reduction of uranium tetrafluoride is described. Massive uranium metal of high purily is produced by reacting uranium tetrafluoride with 2 to 20% stoichiometric excess of magnesium at a temperature sufficient to promote the reaction and then mantaining the reaction mass in a sealed vessel at temperature in the range of 1150 to 2000 d C, under a superatomospheric pressure of magnesium for a period of time sufficient 10 allow separation of liquid uranium and liquid magnesium fluoride into separate layers.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4309681
- Patent Number(s):
- 2830894
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22B - PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-014427
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPURITIES; LAYERS; LIQUIDS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM FLUORIDES; PATENT; PRESSURE; PRODUCTION; REDUCTION; SEALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; URANIUM; URANIUM TETRAFLUORIDE; VESSELS
Citation Formats
Spedding, F H, Wilhelm, H A, and Keller, W H. PRODUCTION OF URANIUM. United States: N. p., 1958.
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Spedding, F H, Wilhelm, H A, & Keller, W H. PRODUCTION OF URANIUM. United States.
Spedding, F H, Wilhelm, H A, and Keller, W H. Tue .
"PRODUCTION OF URANIUM". United States.
@article{osti_4309681,
title = {PRODUCTION OF URANIUM},
author = {Spedding, F H and Wilhelm, H A and Keller, W H},
abstractNote = {The production of uranium metal by the reduction of uranium tetrafluoride is described. Massive uranium metal of high purily is produced by reacting uranium tetrafluoride with 2 to 20% stoichiometric excess of magnesium at a temperature sufficient to promote the reaction and then mantaining the reaction mass in a sealed vessel at temperature in the range of 1150 to 2000 d C, under a superatomospheric pressure of magnesium for a period of time sufficient 10 allow separation of liquid uranium and liquid magnesium fluoride into separate layers.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1958},
month = {4}
}
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